Episode 123: Nicholas Carlson

Published: Jan. 7, 2015, 3:33 p.m.

b'Nicholas Carlson writes for Business Insider. His book Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!\\xa0came out this week.\\n\\n\\u201cTo me people are what\\u2019s really interesting. Marissa Mayer is a once in a lifetime subject. She\\u2019s full of contradictions. \\u2026 There are a million business stories, but if you don\\u2019t have that character at the center then you\\u2019re lost.\\u201d\\n\\nThanks to TinyLetter, Lynda and Squarespace for sponsoring this week\'s episode.\\n\\nShow Notes:\\n@nichcarlson\\nCarlson on Longform\\n[6:00] Longform Podcast #81: Kevin Roose\\n[13:00] "What Happened When Marissa Mayer Tried to Be Steve Jobs" (New York Times Magazine \\u2022 Dec 2014)\\n[16:00] "Viacom Takes Google, YouTube Fight to Court" (InternetNews.com \\u2022 Mar 2007)\\n[18:00] Disney War (James B. Stewart \\u2022 Simon & Schuster \\u2022 2005)\\n[19:00] Longform Podcast #19: Choire Sicha\\n[23:00] Longform Podcast #88: Sam Biddle\\n[23:00] Carlson\\u2019s archive on Valleywag\\n[33:00] "Google Gave Employees This Smartwatch As A Holiday Gift, And Some Of Them Are Whining About It" (Business Insider \\u2022 Dec 2014)\\n[34:00] Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo! (Twelve \\u2022 2015)\\n[38:00] Googled: The End of the World As We Know It (Ken Auletta \\u2022 Penguin Press \\u2022 2008)\\n[48:00] "The Story Behind Why AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Fired An Employee In Front Of 1,000 Coworkers" (Business Insider \\u2022 Nov 2013)\\n[48:00] "This Man Was Supposed To Become Steve Jobs 2.0 \\u2014 Here\\u2019s What Happened Instead" (Business Insider \\u2022 Nov 2014)\\n[54:00] "The Untold Story Of Larry Page\'s Incredible Comeback" (Business Insider \\u2022 Apr 2014)\\n[1:01:00] "Hacks Into Hackers" (The New York Times \\u2022 Sep 2010)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'